Crime & Safety
No Plan Yet to Deal with Coventry Fire District Closure
The Central Coventry Fire District is set to close May 16.
Officials are scrambling to deal with the looming closure of the Central Coventry Fire District.
Last month, a judge ordered the liquidation of the fire district after it went bankrupt. The order mandates that the district close by May 16. That means 44 firefighters and four administrators will lose their jobs.
The Central Coventry Fire District is the largest of the town's four fire districts.
Ideas discussed included establishing a volunteer fire department or having the three other fire districts absorb the Central Coventry area.
Local and state officials met Monday night in a nonpublic session but no plan was agreed to, according to ABC6.com.
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